Flower-box



C. R. SANBORN.

FLOWER BOX.

APPLICATION FILED IEBJ24, I9I9,

1,35 1 ,490, Patented Aug. 31, 1920.

IIIIIIIIIII To @ZZ whom t may concern:

; Be it known that I, v v noRN,`a citizen ofthe United States, and

CHARLOTTE nnnnniv sANBonn, on"soMnRviLLnfiyiAssAciaUsE-Trs;

rnowER-Box.- i Y Ci-rAitLo'TTE R, SAN- resident of Somerville, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have,V

invented new andl useful Improvements in Flower-Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a `ldevice 'adapted' to support flowers in various locations and positions and more particularly to a flower box adapted to be supported in windows of different widths".

The objects of the invention are to provide:

'a device for supporting flowers which can be attached either to a plane wall or between two opposing walls such as the opposite sides of a window casing, which can be mounted to extend dierent distances from a wall when mounted on a plane wall, which when mounted between the opposite sides of a window casing can be extended either inside or outside the window vwithout changing the connections thereof, and which pos# sesses other advantageous features which will appear hereinafter. v l Y l have illustrated'the preferred embodinient of my invention in the accompanying vdrawings in which- 30 Figure l is a top plan view of the. device supported between the opposite sides of a window casing; l

Fig. 2 is side elevation of the device supported as in Fig. 1; y

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the device supported on a plane wall; and

Fig. 4 is a top plan view similar to Fig. 1, von a reduced scale, showing how the flower,

box maybe extended either inside or outside a window.

The particular embodiment of my invention chosen for'the purpose ofillustration comprises a flower box B which may be constructed in 'any suitable form but which comprises, as illustrated in the drawings, a horizontal bottom 1 of wood and continuous side walls 2 of woven reed. The device `also comprises brackets which consist of wall members 3 and 3 L-shaped members 4 and 4, and intermediate portions 5 and 5. The wall portions comprise a flatouter portion adapted to be secured to awindow casing, wall or the like, by meansof screws 6, and inwardly extended lugs 7 and 7 which have verticaly openings therein. members 4 and 4 comprise horizontal por- The L-shaped Speccation of Letters Patent. I l Patented `Anim; 31,1920, I Application inea Febrary ver 191e.v semi Normans. v y i' 7 y ltioiis,,adapted to extend under the opposite ends of the flower box 'andvertical portions adapted to extendlupwardly .along the opposite ends of the box; The upwardly extending. portions are provided with"- lateral lugsV 8 and 8 having openings extending vertically therethrough. T he intermediate por- V,tions 5,7 and 5 p of the brackets comprise arms which preferably have a considerable ver# tical width but which are relatively thin horizontally as shown in Fig.A

The arms have portions 9 and 9 over-` hanging the lugs 7 and 7 on thewall member 3 and 3 and the armj's have portions10 and 10 extending under the lugs 8 and 8 Y on theL-shaped members 4 and4. `The armsare also. preferably provided with portions 11 and 11 extending over lugs 8 and 8 on the L-shaped members 4 and 4.. Pins 12 and 12 extend from the portions 9- and 9 .ofthe arms and 5 into -the vertical openings in the lugs7- and .7 of the wallrmembers'3 and 3 i. These ypins may be formed i' ings in the portions 9 and 9 yof thearm's intofthe openings in the lugs7 and 7. tIn order to prevent the pins 12 and12, from dropping out of the openingsin the lugs 7 and 7 they may either terminate somewhat above the lower'face of the lugsior the pins maybe provided with heads, .and in the drawings I have shown both of these fea-l tures. l The inner kends of the arms 5 and 5 are attached to the lugs `8 Vand 8 bymeans of the pins 13 and 13 as illustrated.

By virtue ofthe unique arrangement of the bracket portions of the device the device is lpeculiarly adapted-to be supported in any one'of a numberof different positionsV and locations. Forexample the device may be supported between the. opposite sides ofi a window casing Vas lillustrated in Figs. `land 2, and in this connection it is to bey noted .that the device isY adapted to windows of different widths. lMoreover the device may beextended either inside or outside the wini dow as shown in Fig.' 4. In order to change the device from the full-line position inside the window to the dotted line position outside' the window (Fig, 4) it is merely neces*- sary to lift the box suiCiently to detach the outer ends of the arms 5v and 5 Afrom the wallinembers 3 and 3', then remove the device outside'the window, and finally lower f the device until the pins l2 and l2 seat in the sockets in the wall members. v`By virtue of this arrangementthe device may normally be extended inside the window or may readf ily be extendedyoutside the windowftogive the flowers rain or sunshine.

The supportingportions of the dev-ice are also adapted to support the Y flower box along a flat wall, as for example along the outside wall of a house beneathv a window. The supporting elements 'of the combination nare also adapted to support the "box atdifferent distances from the wall, it being necy essary merely to Vary the distance between thewallmembers 3 and 3 in order'to Vary the distance of the box from the wall.

What I claim is:

VA devicewadapted to support'lowers in Vvarious locations and positions comprising `a flower' box, L-shaped members adapted to hook-undernthefoppositetends of the box,

ywall members adaptedto be secured to a wall, and arms extending between said L- shaped members and said wall members, saidL-shaped members and said '.wall; memings Itherein,*saidi arms extending under the lugs in said L-shaped members and over the vlugs on said wall member, and pivot pins extendingxfrom the ends ofsaid arms into said openings intheL-shaped and wallmembers respectively.

" Signed by me at Boston, 'Massachusetts, Y

` 25 bers having lateral lugs with vertical open- Y 

